. The boy travellers in the Russian empire: adventures of two youths in a journey in European and Asiatic Russia, with accounts of a tour across t bringing a of the gifts must be a shawl. In that case, said Fred, the young men are probably favorable toshort courtships, while the girls would be in no hurry. If every visitmust bring a present, a long courtship would heap up a fine lot of gifts. That is quite true, Doctor Bronson replied, and instances havebeen known where the match was broken off after the patience and pocket 340 THE BOY TRAVELLERS IN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE. o
. The boy travellers in the Russian empire: adventures of two youths in a journey in European and Asiatic Russia, with accounts of a tour across t bringing a of the gifts must be a shawl. In that case, said Fred, the young men are probably favorable toshort courtships, while the girls would be in no hurry. If every visitmust bring a present, a long courtship would heap up a fine lot of gifts. That is quite true, Doctor Bronson replied, and instances havebeen known where the match was broken off after the patience and pocket 340 THE BOY TRAVELLERS IN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE. of the suitor were exhausted. But he has a right to demand a return ofliis presents in such an event. And, as lias happened in simikir cases in America, Frank retorted, lie does not always get them. Quite true, said the Doctor, with a smile; but the family playingsuch a trick would not find other suitors very speedily. Human nature isthe same in all countries, and even the young man in love is shy of beingdefrauded. But we will suppose everything has gone favorably, the Doctor con-tinued, and the suitor has been accepted. As a matter of fact, Russian. RUSSIAN PEASANT ?\VOMEN. courtships are short, only a month or two, and possibly for the reason yousuggested. A day is fixed for the betrothal, and the ceremony takes placein the presence of the families of both the parties to the betrothal is virtually a marriage ceremony, as it binds the two sofirmly together that only the most serious reasons can separate betrothal ceremony is at the house of the brides parents, and is fol-lowed in due course by the wedding, which takes place in church. Custom requires that the bride shall supply a certain quantity of RUSSIAN WEDDINGS. 341 linen and other honseliold property, while the husband provides the dwell-ing and certain specified articles of furniture. Between them they shouldbe able to set up house-keeping immediately, but there are probably manycases where they
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